by Steven Fraccaro | Jul 29, 2026 | Poetics
The Sublime The shock is the thing, the delirium tremens of existence. A sunset when you are at risk of falling off a cliff. The moon observed at four in the morning, hauntingly. Mist in the woods. A beach at dawn. To discuss such things, to analyze them, is to render... 
by amaranth borsuk | Oct 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Amaranth Borsuk On Leonard Schwartz and Simon Carr, Salamander: A Bestiary (Chax Press, 2017, $25. ISBN: 9781946104076 Beautiful to hold, to see, and to read, Leonard Schwartz and Simon Carr’s Salamander updates the bestiary form, throwing off the cloak... 
by Charles Alexander | Aug 6, 2025
Choose this option if you want to pay $25 per session for registration. Please refer to the other descriptions of this workshop for more information. If you wish to purchase more than one session, but less than the entire course, please visit our Chax Support page,... by Charles Alexander | Jul 8, 2025
POEMS of Resistance, Rebellion, & Revolution A meditation / enhancement / POETRY Workshop focusing on poems, from ancient times to the present, that examine and confront issues of their time. Each session will include reading, listening, quiet meditation, writing,... by Charles Alexander | Jun 28, 2025
POEMS of Resistance, Rebellion, & Revolution A meditation / enhancement / POETRY Workshop focusing on poems, from ancient times to the present, that examine and confront issues of their time. Each session will include reading, listening, quiet meditation, writing,... 
by Charles Alexander | Jan 7, 2025
Session Seven: Writing Workshop Charles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry, but brought new visions, new methodologies, new ideas to poetry. That is, a... 
by Charles Alexander | Jan 7, 2025
Session Six: Hilda Doolittle Charles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry, but brought new visions, new methodologies, new ideas to poetry. That is, a major... 
by Charles Alexander | Jan 7, 2025
Session Five: Ezra Pound & William Carlos Williams Charles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry, but brought new visions, new methodologies, new ideas... 
by Charles Alexander | Jan 7, 2025
Session Four: William Morris & Christina Rosetti Charles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry, but brought new visions, new methodologies, new ideas to... 
by Charles Alexander | Jan 7, 2025
Session Three: Emily Dickinson Charles Olson once referred to William Blake as a “big fire” poet, which I take to mean someone who not only wrote consistently excellent poetry, but brought new visions, new methodologies, new ideas to poetry. That is, a...